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Pronunciation of Bourassa in Thorntonm, CO, USA
B oh R AW s AW
| b | sounds like the | 'b' | in 'bat' | |
| oh | sounds like the | 'o' | in 'so' | |
| r | sounds like the | 'r' | in 'rat' | |
| aw | sounds like the | 'aw' | in 'law' | |
| s | sounds like the | 's' | in 'so' |
Phonetic Spelling:[ B oh R AW s AW ]
B
oh
R
AW
s
AW
bat
so
rat
law
so
law
Type of Name:
Last Name
Language:
Canadian French, Poitou region of France
Gender:
Male, Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Bourrasse, Bouras
Meaning:
Applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade
Additional Information:
From a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs ‘frieze’, a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra ‘coarse untreated wool’), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
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Pronunciation of Bourassa in France
Language:
French
Pronunciation of Bourassa in Thorntonm, CO, USA
BOUR -'Ahh'-'sAw'
BOUR - rhymes with 'FOUR'
Type of Name:
Last Name
Language:
Canadian French, Poitou region of France
Gender:
Male, Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Bourrasse, Bouras
Meaning:
Applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade
Additional Information:
From a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs ‘frieze’, a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra ‘coarse untreated wool’), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
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